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    3 months ago

    If cats underwent the same intense eugenics as dogs underwent (“bred for function”) over the last 150 years, this graphic might be a bit different. The cats we see today are probably those whose ancestors were good at hunting mice and rats, where their more indifferent cousins probably weren’t selected for.

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        If you go to china, you can buy rat on a stick – and it genuinely tastes great